Ebay delibrately leaving bad items on the board - they need the $$$

[thetruthisoutthere]

This piece-of-crap forgery sold for $2.000.

Listed and sold by Ebay seller dino565.


The scammers on Ebay are now running amok.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/140934792724...orig_cvip=true

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[thecatspajamas]

That "Quick Judgement Service" by AMA is hilarious. Based on their track record, couldn't they issue those without even looking at the item?

Does the "banned authenticators" list no longer apply as well?

[thetruthisoutthere]

Originally Posted by thecatspajamas

That "Quick Judgement Service" by AMA is hilarious. Based on their track record, couldn't they issue those without even looking at the item?

Does the "banned authenticators" list no longer apply as well?

Check out these forgeries listed by Ebay seller poffin. The COAs are from CSC Collectibles (on Ebay's Banned COA list).

Ebay isn't removing anything these days from what I can observe.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/mickey-mantl...item4ac262d380

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http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mickey-mantl...item4ac262ce61

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[keithsky]

Ebay doesn't care it's all about the money. I have reported about 6 things this week with Drew Maxx and Ace certs and they do NOTHING. They probably get so many complaints about bad autographs they blow it off as people just complaning. Like we don't know what were talking about. It will never change unless they get sued for some reason for millions of dollars or some amount to make an impact then maybe the'll wise up and listen to the people like us that care and want the hobby to get cleaned up. It's like taking 1 step forward and 5 steps back sometimes. I find lately all they seem to care about is making there website more attractive cause every time I log on something has changed in appearance but still the same bogus autographs that I tell them about.

[Mr. Zipper]

Originally Posted by keithsky

Ebay doesn't care it's all about the money. I have reported about 6 things this week with Drew Maxx and Ace certs and they do NOTHING. They probably get so many complaints about bad autographs they blow it off as people just complaning. Like we don't know what were talking about. It will never change unless they get sued for some reason for millions of dollars or some amount to make an impact then maybe the'll wise up and listen to the people like us that care and want the hobby to get cleaned up. It's like taking 1 step forward and 5 steps back sometimes. I find lately all they seem to care about is making there website more attractive cause every time I log on something has changed in appearance but still the same bogus autographs that I tell them about.

What Richard is specifically referring to is eBay appears to be no longer responding to EMR reports.

[RichardSimon]

Originally Posted by keithsky

Ebay doesn't care it's all about the money. I have reported about 6 things this week with Drew Maxx and Ace certs and they do NOTHING. They probably get so many complaints about bad autographs they blow it off as people just complaning. Like we don't know what were talking about. It will never change unless they get sued for some reason for millions of dollars or some amount to make an impact then maybe the'll wise up and listen to the people like us that care and want the hobby to get cleaned up. It's like taking 1 step forward and 5 steps back sometimes. I find lately all they seem to care about is making there website more attractive cause every time I log on something has changed in appearance but still the same bogus autographs that I tell them about.

Keith - not to denigrate you or any collector who made reports to ebay. but those reports were almost never listened to.
The reports that they did listen to came from the dedicated volunteers of the EMR group. Now they are ignoring those reports to the detriment of the hobby.

[RichardSimon]

It does seem that the new corporate policy at ebay is just let the crooks run wild.
All collectors should write to them and publicize this fact on other boards.
Autographs on Ebay are now as bad as any time in its history.
It is as bad now as in the horror days of pre Operation Bullpen.
When John G. was "moved" out of his role of top ebay policeman we should have known what would be next.

[thecatspajamas]

Originally Posted by RichardSimon

When John G. was "moved" out of his role of top ebay policeman we should have known what would be next.

When did this happen? I must have missed it if something was posted regarding his move. It does sound like with the change of head cop, the policies (or attentiveness to them) has changed, which is very disappointing.

[jgmp123]

Talk about a heap of garbage...

http://www.ebay.com/sch/skyline384/m...p2047675.l2562

[mighty bombjack]

Originally Posted by jgmp123

Talk about a heap of garbage...

http://www.ebay.com/sch/skyline384/m...p2047675.l2562

That seller has numerous completed listings as well.

[RichardSimon]

Originally Posted by thecatspajamas

When did this happen? I must have missed it if something was posted regarding his move. It does sound like with the change of head cop, the policies (or attentiveness to them) has changed, which is very disappointing.

It happened last year.
Nothing was posted regarding his move. He was doing his job too well and he was facilitating the removal of too many items. He was costing ebay money.

[RichardSimon]

Originally Posted by thecatspajamas

When did this happen? I must have missed it if something was posted regarding his move. It does sound like with the change of head cop, the policies (or attentiveness to them) has changed, which is very disappointing.

Ebay never made this info public, they were probably looking to avoid negative publicity.

[koufax1fan]

I can only speak as a 25 year collector of just Sandy Koufax memorabilia. Many of the Sandy Koufax autographs on ebay listings are fake. At first I would email the sellers to remove item, and then advise ebay about the item if not removed. The last few months have been so bad with forgeries that it is now just out of control. Many COA's are a joke, and a few from even reputable people. Unfortunately it is a very sad part of our hobby.
Phil

[RichardSimon]

Originally Posted by thecatspajamas

That "Quick Judgement Service" by AMA is hilarious. Based on their track record, couldn't they issue those without even looking at the item?

Does the "banned authenticators" list no longer apply as well?

I always have to chuckle when a COA does not list the address or phone number of the authenticator. What are they hiding??
Yes banned authenticator items have been reported and nothing has been done by ebay.

[thetruthisoutthere]

For some reason, Ebay has stopped removing forgeries.

Check out these forgeries listed by EBay seller mcollins10.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/VERY-RARE-AU...item20d03c7aee

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[thetruthisoutthere]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/VERY-RARE-AU...item20d03c97f7

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